Garment-hanger



Nm 625,'37. Patented may is, Isae.

A. K. BowMAN. Y GARMENT HANGER.

(Application led Sept. 14, 1898.)

(N0 Model.)

W/ TNESSES Nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM K. BOWMAN, OF GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-HANGEF?.

SPECIFICATION fming part Of Letters Patent NO. 625,137, dated May 16, 189,9.

Application led September 14, 1898iI Serial No. 690,942. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may con/ecru.-

Be it known that I, ADAM K. BowMAN, of Greensburg, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Garment-Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de- 'scription.

The object of my invention is to provide a device that may be adjusted to suit the gar-l ments of males or` of females, but which is particularly intended as a skirt-supporter.

A further object of the invention is to so construct such a hanger that it will be simple, durable, economic, and self-adjusting and which will support the skirt below the waistband without interfering in the least with the proper contour of the skirt at the hips.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment-hanger that will take up but little space and that may be used in connection with a skirt of any waist measurement and upon which the skirt may be expeditiously and conveniently placed and the device as readily removed from the skirt whether the skirt be in a vertical or in a horizontal position, the removal being eifected by the aid of one hand only.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the hanger that it will not leave the skirt in any position in which the skirt may be placed in handling and wherein even should the waistband become unbuttoned the skirt will not leave the hanger.

A further object is to so construct the hanger that there are no sharp or rough corners and so that when the hanger is applied to a garment but a slight portion of the hanger will be visible, thus rendering the device effective for display purposes.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters 0f.reference indicate corresponding parts in both iigures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, illustrating the application of a skirt thereto; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thedevice, the skirt having been removed. 4

The device is preferably made of a single piece of spring-wire, and the said wire is bent upon itself to form two base-bars 10 and 1l, which extend in opposite directions and are at an angle to each other, and between these bars 10 and 11 a coil12 is formed, the coil being at the lower central portion of the device. The wire is carried from the upper ends of the base-bars 10 and 11 upwardly and inwardly to form supporting bars or sections 13, and where the supporting bars or sections 13 connect with the base or bottom bars 10 and 11 the corner is rounded off, and at the upper end portions of the supporting bars or sections 13 the wire is bent upon itself to form eyes or knobs 14, as is particularly shown in Fig. 2. From each eye 14 the wire is carried downwardly to the central portion of the coil 12, forming two converging upper bars 15 and 16. The wire forming the upper bar 15 is bent upon itself to form a single coil or ring 17 over the central portion of the main coil 12, and the wire after the said ring or single coilvl? is formed is looped over one of the Pmembers of the main coil l2, as shown at 18 in Fig. 2, and is then carried upwardlyto form a strand 19 of a shank A, located c entrally and vertically between the upper members 15 and 16. The wire of the upper member 16 is likewise bent upon itself over the main coil 12 to form a single coil or a ring 20, and the wire after the ring 2O is formed is looped over the main coil 12 at the opposite side of the center of the loop 18, the loop of the ring or single coil 2O being designated as 2l, and the wire is thence carried from the loop 21 in a single strand 22,' and the two strands 19 and 22 are twisted together to render the shank A exceedingly strong, and the wire of the shank is formed into a hook 23 at its upper end. One end of the wire after being returned downward in the formation of the hook 23 is held in place by the other end of v the wire, which is twisted or coiled around it,

as shown at 24in Fig. 2.

It will'be evident from the construction shownand described that the supporting bars or sections 13 and the bars 15 and 16 constitute wings and are so termed in the appended claims.

In operation the skirt is placed on the hanger so that the waistband will be immediately below the knobs or eyes 14, and the hip portion of the skirt will rest upon the supporting-sections 13. If the waistband is of small measurement, the wings at each side of the shank A will be drawn together, and if the measurement of the waistband is large the weight of the skirt on the supporting-sec tions 13 will cause the said sections to drop until the proper tension is obtained between the aforesaid wings of the device and the skirt.

It is evident that even should the waistband become unbuttoned the skirt could not drop from the device, since the weight of the skirt would carry the wings downward until they had spread su ficiently apart to hold the skirt as firmly as if the waistband were buttoned.

In the event the skirt is very heavy at the back or is provided with a train a portion of the twist or coil 24 may be carried rearward and returned to provide a supporting-arm 25, over which arm the upper rear portion of the skirt may be passed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A garment-hanger, comprising skeleton wings extended in opposite directions and each at an upward and outward inclination, each wing being provided with au inclined end supporting-section, a coil connecting the lower members of the wings and a shank extended upward from the junction of the two wings, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A garment-hanger,constructed of springwire, comprising skeleton wings at an angle to one another, said wings extending in opposite directions and in an upward and outward direction, each wing being provided with an inclined end supporting-section, a coil connecting the lower members of the wings, and single coils connecting the shank with the upper member of the wings, as and for the purpose specified.

3. A garment-han ger, comprising two wings at an angle to one another, said wings being oppositely disposed, and having an upward and outward inclination, the lower members of the wings being connected by a coil, each wing having an inclined end supporting-se@ tion and an offset at the upper edge of its supporting-section, a shank provided with means of suspension, and single coils or rings forming an integral portion of the shank, the said single coils or rings being looped around the connecting-coil for the wings at each side of the center of said connecting-coil, for the purpose specified.

ADAM K. BOWMAN.

Vitncsses:

E. A. BRINKER, D. A. KUHNs. 

